Mangle.



No. 738,448. PATENTED SEPT. 8, 1903.

G. HURIG. MANGLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22. 1 903. H0 MODEL.

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PATENT Oiuucni .MANGLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Pate t No. 738,448, dated September 8, 1903.

Application filed January 22, 1903. Serial No. 140,157. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern).-

Be it known that I, GorTLInB Home, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lawrence, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Mangles, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings,is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the production of a novel apparatus, by which to iron sheet-s,pilloW-cases,towels,handkerchiefs,85c.

My novel apparatus comprises a roller about which the article, preferably dam pened, to be ironed is wound and a plurality of movable pressure-rollers coacting there-- with, as will be described.

Figure 1 in front elevation represents an apparatus embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same; and Fig. 3 is a detail section of the central roll B to be referred to.

The framework consists, as shown, of end frames A and cross-girths A A each end frame, as shown, having a slot A The outer sides of the end frames have fixed to them bearing-plates B B, that sustain the ends of the shaft b of the central roll B One end of the shaftb of roller 13 has connected with it a gear 13 with which meshes a pinion B mounted on a short shafthaving its bearings in a part of the plate 13, the shaft of the pinion having, as shown, an attached hand-wheel B by which to rotate the pinion and roller B The front side of the framework sustains a suitable shelf 13. The roller B has connected with it one end of a sheet. (Partially shown in Fig. 3.) This sheet may be of any desired length,according to thelength of the article to be ironed, said sheet when the apparatus is not in use being drawn out or The slots A above the roller ]3 receive boxes 0, in which is entered the ends of the shaft of aroller C, while the slots A below the roller B receive boxes D, in which enter the ends of the shaft carrying the roller D. The shaft of roller D, between the ends of the roller and the boxes D is embraced by the arms d of a yoke D having a central depending portion 01 that is shown as connected to the inner end of aleverE, said lever being itself connected by the strut E and upright to the treadle or lever E pivotedat E to the frame of the machine. The shaft of the roller 0 is embraced by the arms G of a yoke G, in turn connected with the lever E between its ends by a spring connection G The treadle or lever when depressed may be held in such position by a locking device H, shown as having a shoulder h.

The person using the apparatus when the treadle is unlocked will pull the outer end of the sheet and unwind it from the roll 13*. Then the article to be ironed, the article or the sheet being preferably dampened, will be laid out flat and smooth on the upper side of the sheet. Then the treadle will be depressed to move the lever E and force both rollers O and D against the roller B and the lever will be locked in its depressed position. The user of the apparatus will then rotate the wheel B and through the pinion B and wheel B will turn the roller B and Wind thereupon the sheet and the article to be ironed that was laid on said sheet, the r0- tation of the roller B being continued until the sheet and the article to be ironed are wrapped snugly about said roller B During the rotation of the roller 15*, as described, the rollers C and D, forced toward the center of the roller B by the lever E, will act on the sheet and through it on the article to be ironed, and as a result of the winding of the sheet and article under pressure the article when removed by unwinding the sheet will be found to be ironed smoothly andneeding no further ironing.

The inner end of the sheet is shown as attached to the roller B by tacks but; instead the said sheet may be attached to the roller in any other usual or suitable manner.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. An ironing apparatus comprising acentral sheet-carrying roller, a plurality of pressure-rollers coacting with said central roller, two yokes, connected with the shafts of the pressure-rollers, a lever with which both said yokes are connected, at second lever, and a strut and upright connecting said levers whereby force applied to the second lever will be transmitted through the -first-men- 2 seems tinned lever to force said pressure-rollers toward the central roller.

2. An ironing apparatus comprising a central sheet-carrying roller, a plurality of pressure-rollers coacting with said central roller,

two yokes connected with the shafts of the pressure-rollers, a lever with which both said yokes are connected, a second lever, a strut and upright connecting said levers to transio mit force applied to the second lever through the first-mentioned lever to the pressure-rollers, and a locking device for the second lever.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GO'ITLIEB HORIG.

Witnesses: i

GEO. W. GREGORY, LOUISE ROTHSTEIN. 

